Bill Scherr
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| Full name | William Harold Scherr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 27, 1961 (age 64) Eureka, South Dakota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Harold Scherr (born July 27, 1961) is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, for the United States.[1]
Born in Eureka, South Dakota, Scherr also competed in the World Championships as a freestyle wrestler (85', 86, 87', and 89'), earning a gold medal in 1985 at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in Budapest. In college, Scherr wrestled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and won the 190 pound NCAA championship in 1984.[2][3] His twin brother Jim Scherr was also an Olympian.[1]
In 1998, Scherr was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]
Accomplishments
[edit | edit source]- Gold Medal – 1985 FILA World Championship 90 kg
- Silver Medal – 1986 FILA World Championship 100 kg
- Bronze Medal – 1987 FILA World Championship 100 kg
- Bronze Medal – 1988 Olympics Freestyle Wrestling 100 kg
- Silver Medal – 1989 FILA World Championship 100 kg
- 1998 – National Wrestling Hall of Fame Distinguished Member
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American male sport wrestlers
- Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- People from Eureka, South Dakota
- Sportspeople from South Dakota
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American wrestling Olympic medalist stubs